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James Rockett III

Case from Portsmouth, VA dated Jun 29, 2023

Victim Details

James Rockett III

Male

Black / African American

Portsmouth

VA

2023-06-29

41

James

Rockett III

06/25/2026

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In the late evening hours of a Thursday in Portsmouth, Virginia, the life of 41-year-old James Rockett III came to a tragic and abrupt end. On June 29, 2023, Portsmouth Police Department officers were dispatched to the 600 block of Dunedin Road, a residential area just off Portsmouth Boulevard. There, they discovered Mr. Rockett, a male, who had sustained a fatal gunshot wound. Despite the immediate response from law enforcement, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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